Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Alternanthera
Species: Alternanthera canescens

Name

Alternanthera canescens Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 204. (1818)

  • Lectotype: Venezuela. Crescit locis salsis, arenosis, maritimis prope Cumana et Bordones. Bonpland A.J.A. #96. Lectotypes: P P00136023, P00136024; Isolectotype: P00136025.

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Telanthera canescens (Kunth) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 368. (1849)
    • Illecebrum canescens (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 820. (1824)
  • Heterotypic
    • Alternanthera forsstroemii R.E.Fr., Ark. Bot. 16, no. 12: 12, fig. 3. (1920)
      • Type: Guadeloupe. Forsström.

Homonyms

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Venezuelan Antilles
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 204
  • Fries, R.E. 1920. Zur Kenntnis der süd- und zentralamerikanischen Amarantaceenflora. Arkiv för Botanik 16(12): 1–43, (4 tabs, 11 figs). BHL Reference page. : 12, fig. 3.
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